Technical skill can often be tricky to recognize. On several occasions I complimented Sandy on his guitar accompaniements and naturally he "pooh poohed" and grumbled about not knowing anything on the instrument....but he's wrong....and I'm right. He is a very skilled accompanist. Was I predjudiced because of his lifetime investment in folk music? Perhaps, but I've known lots of others with great experience who haven't learned a durn thing.

Excuse me, gotta go lay some technical skills on my next student.

Rick